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εὐανθέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐανθέω

Structure: εὐανθέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: from eu)anqh/s

Sense

  1. to be flowery or blooming

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εὐανθῶ εὐανθεῖς εὐανθεῖ
Dual εὐανθεῖτον εὐανθεῖτον
Plural εὐανθοῦμεν εὐανθεῖτε εὐανθοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular εὐανθῶ εὐανθῇς εὐανθῇ
Dual εὐανθῆτον εὐανθῆτον
Plural εὐανθῶμεν εὐανθῆτε εὐανθῶσιν*
OptativeSingular εὐανθοῖμι εὐανθοῖς εὐανθοῖ
Dual εὐανθοῖτον εὐανθοίτην
Plural εὐανθοῖμεν εὐανθοῖτε εὐανθοῖεν
ImperativeSingular εὐάνθει εὐανθείτω
Dual εὐανθεῖτον εὐανθείτων
Plural εὐανθεῖτε εὐανθούντων, εὐανθείτωσαν
Infinitive εὐανθεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εὐανθων εὐανθουντος εὐανθουσα εὐανθουσης εὐανθουν εὐανθουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εὐανθοῦμαι εὐανθεῖ, εὐανθῇ εὐανθεῖται
Dual εὐανθεῖσθον εὐανθεῖσθον
Plural εὐανθούμεθα εὐανθεῖσθε εὐανθοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular εὐανθῶμαι εὐανθῇ εὐανθῆται
Dual εὐανθῆσθον εὐανθῆσθον
Plural εὐανθώμεθα εὐανθῆσθε εὐανθῶνται
OptativeSingular εὐανθοίμην εὐανθοῖο εὐανθοῖτο
Dual εὐανθοῖσθον εὐανθοίσθην
Plural εὐανθοίμεθα εὐανθοῖσθε εὐανθοῖντο
ImperativeSingular εὐανθοῦ εὐανθείσθω
Dual εὐανθεῖσθον εὐανθείσθων
Plural εὐανθεῖσθε εὐανθείσθων, εὐανθείσθωσαν
Infinitive εὐανθεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εὐανθουμενος εὐανθουμενου εὐανθουμενη εὐανθουμενης εὐανθουμενον εὐανθουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ηὐάνθουν ηὐάνθεις ηὐάνθειν*
Dual ηὐανθεῖτον ηὐανθείτην
Plural ηὐανθοῦμεν ηὐανθεῖτε ηὐάνθουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ηὐανθούμην ηὐανθοῦ ηὐανθεῖτο
Dual ηὐανθεῖσθον ηὐανθείσθην
Plural ηὐανθούμεθα ηὐανθεῖσθε ηὐανθοῦντο

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὕτω γὲ τοι καὶ τοῦ Νέστοροσ ὑμῖν ἀπορρεῖ ἐκ τῆσ γλώττησ τὸ μέλι, καὶ οἱ ἀγορηταὶ τῶν Τρώων τὴν ὄπα ἀφιᾶσιν εὐανθῆ τινα λείρια γὰρ καλεῖται, εἴ γε μέμνημαι, τὰ ἄνθη. (Lucian, Hercules, 4:8)
  • ἡ μὲν οὖν Αἰσώπειοσ ἀλώπηξ περὶ ποικιλίασ δικαζομένη πρὸσ τὴν πάρδαλιν, ὡσ ἐκείνη τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν εὐανθῆ καὶ κατάστικτον ἐπεδείξατο, τῇ δ’ ἦν τὸ ξανθὸν αὐχμηρὸν καὶ οὐχ ἡδὺ προσιδεῖν· (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 21)
  • κόμαισιν ̔ Ὡρῶν ὄμματ’ εὐανθῆ ῥόδα εἶχον, τιθήνημ’ ἐάροσ ἐκπρεπέστατον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 88 1:7)
  • ἡσθέντεσ οὖν τῇ κράσει ἐν ᾠδαῖσ ἔμελπον τὸν Διόνυσον, χορεύοντεσ καὶ ἀνακαλοῦντεσ Εὐανθῆ καὶ Διθύραμβον καὶ Βακχευτὰν καὶ Βρόμιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 13 2:4)
  • οὐ μέντοι στρατηγὸσ ἐπὶ τοῦτον ἀπεδείχθη τὸν πόλεμον, ὡσ λέγειν φησὶν Ἕρμιπποσ Εὐάνθη τὸν Σάμιον· (Plutarch, , chapter 11 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be flowery or blooming

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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